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Southern Pacific signaling practices dictated that, at a control point with a multi-head signal, only the top-most head would be lit when routes are lined on the normal route through the control point. Despite the SP being gone for nearly 30 years now, this practice can still be found on this former SP searchlight signal at Niles Jct in Houston. A westbound rock train is lined straight-through the junction here, so only the top signal head is lit green. The lower lamp, which is dark, will light up and show that it is red when the train passes.
Unfortunately for this signal, replacement Vaders are up here and at the nearby searchlight installations of Chaney Jct and N Main St. They may not have long for this world, but it's been a good run for these US&S H2 signals.
The searchlights finally came down in June 2025.
Houston, TX
September 2nd, 2024
I have uploaded this picture just to explore the interesting situation outlined in an earlier upload on my site.
37250+37087 begin to back 7M71, the steel “blooms” from Lackenby into the British Steel plant, Workington on 1 May 1984. It seems odd that this move is delaying the passage of the passenger train (there are passengers on board its not ecs) seen here held at Moss Bay Iron Works' outer down home signal.
The most likely explanation for this is a signalling fault explored in the image below
NJ Transit Arrow III car no. 1509 is the lead unit on Montclair-Boonton Line train 208, seen approaching Glen Ridge Station. The signals here at CP Glen are approach lit, and appear to only activate for trains within the block proceeding them - they illuminated immediately as the train passed and entered the signal block.
I am glad that I was able to take three colors or more at the same time.
By the way, the world's first signal seemed to be installed in the London city in 1868, but seems to have exploded immediately.
On June 14, 2013 in Minamitanaka, Nerima ward.
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3色以上を同時に撮れて嬉しいです。
ところで、世界で最初の信号機は1868年にロンドン市内に設置されたそうですが、すぐに爆発してしまったそうです。
2013年6月14日、練馬区南田中にて。
Lane signals on the Ben Franklin Bridge - Kodak Portra 160 - Canon EOS Rebel G - Camden, NJ - scanned on Epson V600.
Signal Gallery: Istvan Szanto- Dan Baldwin- SPQR- Jonathan Darby-Armsrock -
Dale Grimshaw-Labrona-Jeff Aerosol- Ethos-Guy Denning- C Ross-CASE- Byrogyphics-C215- Holly Thoburn- D. Le Fleming -Alke Schmidt- Bael
Eastbound absolute signal at Tuner (formerly NI) in West Chicago. This is how CNW signals should look, with horizontal signal heads. Note that two have been replaced. I think this is the only bridge left on the Geneva Sub with these signal heads.
On an overcast January afternoon, CSX 4561 guides an ethanol train under the classic NYC searchlight signals in Depew, New York.
Another fantastic night in the Tetons! Last night we went up to Signal Mountain to see a stunning display of stars. I found it fitting to 'signal' the Andromeda universe, a satellite joined in for the fun too.
I'll be leaving the area soon, still undecided where to go. I have a few weeks to explore before my next workshop back in the Tetons (still some space left btw)
ISO 12,800, 20 secs, f/2. Rokion 24mm
A fun build. Took me a while because there was so many different ways to build this. And some look good and some look chunky. :/ But I finally finished with this model. I actually might tweak it alittle. I am happy with the way it turned out. Although not finalize at this very moment. Ahhh..how I only wish that I had the new Gordon minifig so that he could stand next to the Bat Signal waiting for Gotham's Dark Knight.
It's hit 51 favs! Thanks lots guys! :D
URR 23, 22, 25, 16 lead the empty 66 coke train from Port Perry/Dexter yard are arriving back home into Clairton passing the C1 signal. 66 job ran on two shifts, they would run loads from Clairton to Braddock and to the CSX at Dexter yard. The midnight job would always take "dinner" at coal valley just north of Clairton until around about 7-730 and would then roll down into the mill to yard their train and tie up at 10am. Here the mid night train is running late and is rolling into the mill well behind schedule and would die while yarding the train.
The train becomes a spectre in the mist over the Cole Valley as it leaves Yardley Wood for Shirley station.
The train was 2S04 the 09.07 Great Malvern to Stratford-upon-Avon service with 172217 as the trailing set.
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Oh No ! Bentley Heath Signal Box is being ripped apart like a Christmas Cracker, with little respect for the yaers it has stood there guarding Mill Lane & The Railway.......10/02/2008
BNSF 7590 passes under the old Santa Fe signal bridges with a long stack train at Mp. 313 in La Plata, MO. on the BNSF Marceline Sub. (5-1-2013)
Now a thing of the past, I wish I had photographed these more and the others along the line for that matter.
British Railways Class 9F 92214 passes array of Semophore Signal in the Subrubs of Loughborough,train was enroute to Leicester on 01/01/2016
snowy night on the Hudson Line
Strobist: alien bee 1400' back, just around the curve lighting up the edge of the rail. Another with a 15 degree grid lighting up across the tracks
The eastbound starter signal at March Station, with March East Junction Signal Box caught just behind. Saturday 16.12.17
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Railway signal lghtes arrayed in a row. Wide angle with HDR enhancement. Taken at the Illinois Railway Museum www.irm.org
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